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3232ADLF Files Complaint Against Rick Saccone for Illegal Use of State Campaign Fundshttp://americandemocracy.org/adlf-files-complaint-rick-saccone-illegal-use-state-campaign-funds/
Tue, 06 Mar 2018 20:44:12 +0000http://americandemocracy.org/?p=2729ADLF Files Complaint Against Rick Saccone for Illegal Use of State Campaign Funds The American Democracy Legal Fund has filed a complaint to the Federal Election Commission against Rick Saccone for illegally using state campaign funds for his campaigns for federal office. Rick Saccone, currently a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, continued to […]

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The American Democracy Legal Fund has filed a complaint to the Federal Election Commission against Rick Saccone for illegally using state campaign funds for his campaigns for federal office. Rick Saccone, currently a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, continued to use funds from his statehouse campaign in violation of FEC rules after declaring his intention to run for federal office.

The complaint to the FEC states that Saccone’s “State Committee continued to make expenditures for campaign-related purposes after Saccone became a federal candidate. In fact, notwithstanding the fact that Saccone was no longer permitted to be a state candidate at the time, Saccone used his State Committee to pay for both his and a staffer’s attendance at the Conservative Political Action Conference…Then, just months later, when Saccone was still deep in his federal Senate candidacy, he appears to have misused his State Committee funds again. This time, on May 30, 2017, State Committee spent $800 on a ‘Full-Page Color Ad.’On June 9, 2017, State Committee also paid Rick Saccone $145.48 for ‘Campaign Supplies.'”

In addition, Saccone transferred money from his state campaign account to his federal account, possibly in violation of federal law. The complaint states: “Pennsylvania permits individuals to contribute to state candidates in excess of federal contribution limits,and there is no evidence that State Committee’s expenditures were subject to an accounting analysis that limited them to federally permissible funds. Thus, this contribution is likely impermissible.”

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Wed, 07 Feb 2018 18:14:59 +0000http://americandemocracy.org/?p=2719ADLF Files GAO Complaint vs Trump, Pence, and Saccone For Illegal Use of Taxpayer Money The American Democracy Legal Fund has filed a complaint with the Government Accountability Office against President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence for using taxpayer dollars to travel in support State Rep. Rick Saccone’s campaign in the upcoming Pennsylvania special election. ADLF […]

The American Democracy Legal Fund has filed a complaint with the Government Accountability Office against President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence for using taxpayer dollars to travel in support State Rep. Rick Saccone’s campaign in the upcoming Pennsylvania special election. ADLF is requesting an investigation into whether the three individuals recklessly violated federal law by using government resources for electoral gain.

“Trump tweeted that he was going to Pennsylvania to help Rick Saccone — which is as blatant an admission as you can get that a taxpayer-funded event was done for partisan electoral purposes,” said ADLF’s Brad Woodhouse. “Taxpayers shouldn’t be footing the bill for Trump’s politicking. His actions aren’t just a violation of promises he made on the campaign trail, it’s also a violation of the law.”

The complaint states, “According to the White House, these campaign stops were meant to support the massive, deficit-busting tax cut for corporations and billionaires that Trump forced through Congress despite the pleas of millions of middle-class Americans who – along with their children and grandchildren – will end up footing the bill for this disaster for generations. But the dishonest scheme was exposed when, just before his Pennsylvania event, President Trump tweeted, “going to Pennsylvania today in order to give my total support to RICK SACCONE, running for Congress in a Special Election (March 13).”

The complaint also targets Republican Senate candidates in West Virginia, who received similarly questionable support from the White House at taxpayers expense.

Further, the events in both states were nearly identical to Trump’s campaign rallies, even including the same music playlists with Trump walking out to “God Bless The USA” and leaving to “You Can’t Always Get What You Want.”